White Star

Gwern, Pilgrim and Saffron Tinker are an unlikely trio of revolutionary heroes, even though they're fending off Heartless Bodies at the front line of a creeping empire. Gwern kicked the whole war off by screwing up Exile State software by mistake. Saffron Tinker goes downhill fast once Rock Jaw's shining beast got skinned alive. Pilgrim doesn't know a good time when it's staring him in the face. A glorious melting pot of narrative forms: part quest, part sci-fi, and a wholly imagined fantasy raising real questions about allegiance. A lively new translation captures the immediacy of the original Welsh. Book jacket.

Robin Llywelyn is the author of From Empty Harbour to White Ocean; White Star, Bright Sky; and Vatilan the Dish Thief